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Part of adding the evil card to battle is it's ability activing and completing.  That would take place before the third sentence of Divination - Return the rest ot the top and/or bottom of the deck in any order.

Hey,

I disagree with Gabe on this one.  He is correct that part of adding the evil card to battle is it's ability activating.  But the third sentence, like the second sentence, is part of the search ability that starts in the first sentence.  You have to finish the search before you can start any other ability.

If I play Great Faith, search for Reach of Desperation, and exchange it into battle I put the deck back before I attempt to draw for Reach of Desperation.  Divination works the same way, I have to put the cards I searched back before I can start performing a new ability.

From a technical point of view, the first three sentences on Divination are three separate abilities that are paired.  You cannot insert a separate ability in between paired abilities when they are being carried out (similar to how wrong it is to improperly split infinitives ).  So the card you add to battle is carried out after the rest of Divination completes.

Tschow,

Tim "Sir Nobody" Maly

*anxious to hear official ruling*

I've got a cool idea in mind if this works out in my favor.  Granted, it's pretty conditional, but would be pretty cool to pull off.  I think Divination is my favorite TexP card so far. 

Not Habakkuk? He's my fave.

*cough* Philly Outpost *cough* = )-

Sure you can! Amon +Manneseah. YOu can use Outpost to get Manny into the D/C pile, then you can use it to insure that you have something to recur with Amon.